Mindframe Education is an innovative learning center that is focused on STEM: Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math.

Mindframe Education is an innovative K-12 center that takes a multi-dimensional approach to learning. We enhance your child’s education with courses that focus on STEM: Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math. Our broad range of after school and summer programs include project-based, hands-on learning and real-world tools and technologies that empower our students to gain the knowledge they need to succeed in the classroom and beyond.

Mission: Our mission is to empower today’s students to become tomorrow’s
leaders, entrepreneurs, and innovators.

STEM Day Camps - Mindframe Education

If you're considering a STEM-based summer camp, our Spring Break camps are a great way to learn more about Mindframe Education. Our programs range from robotics and engineering to game design and digital arts for students in elementary through high school. Click on the link below to learn more and sign up today!

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STEM Open House... for a Great Cause!

STEM Open House... for a Great Cause! -

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Countryside Elementary and Mindframe Education lost a special student last October. To memorialize Marcus Robinson and spread the message of kindness, we are working with Marcus’ family to create a scholarship for a Countryside student to attend our after-school program in his memory.

Students learn the fundamentals of photography & stop-motion animation. They learn how to set up a camera, take their own photographs, and cover the basic editing tools needed to correct and enhance photographs. By the end of this course, students will have created a complete photo-animation that tells a unique story.http://mindframeeducation.com/stem-summer-camps/

Space Shuttles Enterprise and Discovery Meet Nose-to-Nose

Have you been to the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center? Definitely worth the trip!

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Visit us in Washington, DC and Chantilly, VA to explore hundreds of the world’s most significant objects in aviation and space history.

10 Ways To Prevent Summer Slide

Great tips to prevent Summer Slide! We can help you check #6 off the list!
"Enroll in a quality summer program that will provide your child with opportunities to build their critical thinking skills"

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Did you know that children can lose up to three months of academic progress over the summer? Over 100 years of research continually shows this trend. Here are ten things you can do to help your ch…

Looking to supplement your child's education with hands on STEM learning?
Mindframe Education has a solution for you! We offer STEM Summer Camps, STEM Classes, After School Program & Gaming Tournaments. Learn More:http://mindframeeducation.com/

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Earth Day STEM Activities and Challenges for Kids

Earth Day is also a time to think about planting trees, flowers, and caring for the land. Learn about the life cycle of plants and trees. Learn about water pollution, energy conservation, and your footprint on the world.

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Celebrate Earth day every day with Earth Day STEM activities that will get kids thinking about the world around them. Incorporate recycled STEM activities, Earth Day nature science ideas, Earth Day conservation projects for kids. Earth Day theme STEM and science is perfect kickoff for spring science...

Think Summer Camp is just for kids?

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Stage 1 – Creative Build Challenge: The first challenge will test the contestants’ skills in building in Creative mode. It will be a battle of creativity, ingenuity, speed and Minecraft knowledge.

Former NASA scientist to lead National Air and Space Museum

“One of my biggest passions is outreach and communication about science and technology,” Stofan, 57, said. “What better place than the Air and Space Museum to engage everyone in the excitement of aviation and exploration.”

DC's famous cherry blossoms reach peak bloom

Cherry Blossom Update:
The peak bloom dates, which occur when 70 percent of the trees are in bloom, began Thursday. The trees are expected to remain in peak bloom until April 8.

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D.C.’s famous cherry blossoms have reached peak bloom. The peak bloom dates, which occur when 70 percent of the trees are in bloom, began Thursday. The trees are expected to remain in peak bloom until April 8.

Fortnite: Battle Royale Tournament on Saturday + STEM Camp next week!

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Fortnite: Battle Royale is a free for all, competitive PvP, third person shooter game where you have to survive against other players and be the last man standing.

Join us this Saturday!

Did you know Mindframe Education offers gaming tournaments? Kids are invited to join fellow gamers for a fun night of gaming, pizza, and cool prizes from Mindframe's 3D printers! Upcoming tourneys begin this weekend! See the full schedule below and details here: bit.ly/MFGamingTourneys

Gaming Tournaments - Mindframe Education

New Gaming Tournament This Weekend!

Fortnite: Battle Royale is a free for all, competitive PvP, third person shooter game where you have to survive against other players and be the last man standing.
Saturday April 7, 4-7
Cost: $30
Pizza & Drinkshttp://mindframeeducation.com/gaming-tournaments/

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Do you have what it takes to outlast the competition and build your own way to victory in our tournaments? Join fellow gamers for a fun night of gaming, pizza, and cool prizes from our 3D Printers! Minecraft, Super Smash Bros & Fortnite Battle Royale. Get in the game!

Reaping the wind with the biggest turbines ever made

Those blades, made by Danish firm LM Wind Power, were a record-breaking 88.4m (290ft) long - bigger than the wingspan of an Airbus A380, or nearly the length of two Olympic-sized swimming pools.

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Wind power capacity is growing thanks to giant offshore turbines, but can they get much bigger?

The Best Children's and YA Books of April 2018 | Brightly

April showers don’t just bring May flowers. They’re also the perfect excuse to hit your nearest bookstore or library! via @ReadBrightly #kidlit #April

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Fill April's rainy (or sunny) days with this month's best new releases including wonderfully fun and imaginative picture books, middle grade reads from some favorite authors, and a few YA stories sure to keep you on the edge of your seat.

Computational Thinking for Kindergartners | Edutopia

Even at a young age, kids can begin to build an understanding of algorithms, sequencing, and other computer science concepts—and no screen time required.

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Songs and games can be used to teach the basics of computer science to young students in age-appropriate ways—without a screen.

Extreme Science | Science Technology | Earth Science

SCIENCE ROCKS!
Extreme Science is the place online to find the biggest, baddest, and the best in the world of extremes and learn about the science behind what makes each the most extreme example of its kind.http://www.extremescience.com/

Welcome to STEM-Works, a resource for teachers, mentors, parents, STEM professionals, volunteers, and everyone passionate about getting children eager to learn about science, technology, engineering, and math.

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Check out all the different Easter slime recipes we have this spring using our basic homemade slime recipes. Making slime is easy when you use our amazing slime recipes that actually work! Let us show you how to create Easter theme slime recipes kids will love including fluffy slime!

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“One hundred years ago, people were faced with the choice of learning to read or remaining illiterate laborers who would be left behind as have-nots in a rapidly modernizing world. In the coming century, being able to command the world that will be thoroughly computerized will set apart those who can live successfully in the future from those who will be utterly left behind."
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IBM 5 in 5

Five innovations that will help change our lives within five years

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Five innovations that will help change our lives within five years

Coding Brings Mars Data Down to Earth

Her work makes sure that the breakthrough discoveries taking place on Mars everyday make their way back to NASA—and onto your smartphone.

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When NASA’s Curiosity rover uses its robotic arm to snap a selfie on the surface of Mars, how does that picture get back to Earth? It’s thanks to programmers like Melody Ho.

It’s hard to learn a new skill. I think it’s hard to get over that voice in your head that tells you you can’t do this. I think what I love about coding is it’s all about problem solving, like how to get from point A to point B.

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Reshma Saujani, founder and CEO of the national nonprofit Girls Who Code, visited Oxford on Monday to deliver a keynote address, “Girls Who Code: Paving a STEM Path Forward” as part of Miami’s Lect…

Unprecedented recordings capture a volcano’s thunder

Observers dating back to the ancient Romans have seen lightning in volcanic-ash clouds, but thunder has been much harder to detect — probably because it is masked by other sounds from the explosive eruptions.

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Thunder during eruption grumbled in both audible and inaudible frequencies.

Boeing: Educational Inspiration by Theme

Counting down to Spring Break? Watch our page next week as we will be posting daily educational projects and activities! Good for road trips, or filling staycation days at home! Check out the "sneak peak" below!

Smithsonian's National Zoo

🐸 Hoppy #WorldFrogDay! Scientists at the Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute are working to save the Panamanian golden frog and other amphibians. Meet frogs & keepers at the Reptile Discovery Center and Amazonia! PLAN YOUR VISIT: nationalzoo.si.edu/visit/daily-ev…

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Always free of charge and open 364 days a year, the Smithsonian’s National Zoo is one of Washington D.C.’s, and the Smithsonian’s, most popular tourist destinations, with more than 2 million visitors from all over the world each year. The Zoo instills a lifelong commitment to conservation thro...

Top 5 Countries for Women in Science

These are the places outside the U.S. that have the most women researchers.

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These are the places outside the U.S. that have the most women researchers.